Hi,
Last year I bought a CAT tool called Sofittissimo but the problem remains as to how to use it optimally and get the best out of it.
It just looks so complicated... I don't have problems using any other software but this one is really confusing... and the user's manual doesn't seem to help.
This is one of the reasons why I don't use it much.
Is there anyone else who uses it?
Can anyone give me some tips about it?
Thanks a lot for your help.
Sincerely,
Ritu Bhanot

Subject:

Comment:

The contents of this post will automatically be included in the ticket generated. Please add any additional comments or explanation (optional)

shyamal wrote:
Last year I bought a CAT tool called Sofittissimo but the problem remains as to how to use it optimally and get the best out of it.
It just looks so complicated... I don't have problems using any other software but this one is really confusing... and the user's manual doesn't seem to help.
This is one of the reasons why I don't use it much.
Is there anyone else who uses it?
Can anyone give me some tips about it?
Thanks a lot for your help.
Sincerely,
Ritu Bhanot

Which of the Softissimo tools do you buy last year? Reverso Pro or Expert 5, Reverso Translator 10 (which was released this June), or one of the electronic dictionaries.

Are you sure the software you bought is a CAT tool and not a machine translation tool? According to the description on the sofittissimo website Reverso (I assume this is the name) is a machine translation software. You enter text in one block and I suppose choose some options and the software TRANSLATES the text for you in the target language.

Whereas a CAT tool (Trados, Transit, etc.) does NOT translate the text.

Whatever the case you might want to write to them directly for help, they do seem to have a Support link on their website.

cheers
sandhya

shyamal wrote:

Hi,
Last year I bought a CAT tool called Sofittissimo but the problem remains as to how to use it optimally and get the best out of it.
It just looks so complicated... I don't have problems using any other software but this one is really confusing... and the user's manual doesn't seem to help.
This is one of the reasons why I don't use it much.
Is there anyone else who uses it?
Can anyone give me some tips about it?
Thanks a lot for your help.
Sincerely,
Ritu Bhanot

Subject:

Comment:

The contents of this post will automatically be included in the ticket generated. Please add any additional comments or explanation (optional)

I guess it is not that extinct as some of us think. And they do have a web-site.

The box said Quick Translator and there was a lot of stuff in that CD and I've actually uploaded Power Translator Deluxe, Eurodico (whatever that is!!!) and Hugo. Please don't ask me what it all means!!!

As I don't know much of it, I actually use just one function and that is Power translator deluxe... and I do just machine translation with it... I'm not really sure what it all is...

There are other options but that's not much help as I don't know anyone who has ever used it in Delhi.

So... Anyways, it does help me solve the basic problem but the fact that I paid for something that I'm unable to use is a strange thing!!!

Thanks once again. And I'd appreciate any help that I can get.

Sincerely,

Ritu Bhanot

Subject:

Comment:

The contents of this post will automatically be included in the ticket generated. Please add any additional comments or explanation (optional)

shyamal wrote:
So... Anyways, it does help me solve the basic problem but the fact that I paid for something that I'm unable to use is a strange thing!!!

Many people could say this about their whole computer..

But seriously, one of the reasons why demo versions exist is, that you can use them to check whether you really could work with the software.

AND if you would spell "Softissimo" correctly (in the forum as well as in your profile) this might help you to find information about it, and to be found. (Although, as Jeff pointet out, it is better known under the name of Reverso.)

Cheers,
Harry

Subject:

Comment:

The contents of this post will automatically be included in the ticket generated. Please add any additional comments or explanation (optional)

shyamal wrote:
Last year I bought a CAT tool called Sofittissimo but the problem remains as to how to use it optimally and get the best out of it.

One of Jeff Allen's articles indicates that Reverso is an MT package with advanced PE (post-editing) features. These advanced features would seem complicated but they would be very necessary to use, I think.

Subject:

Comment:

The contents of this post will automatically be included in the ticket generated. Please add any additional comments or explanation (optional)

After seeing the reply from Rita about this being Quick Translator, I did a little bit of searching.

Softissimo does not indicate Quick Translator or Power Translator on their website in the Software products sections.

Quick Translator, with the integrated Hugo tools, is based on the Power Translator engine. It is not the PROMT-engine/interface-based Reverso package that Softissimo started selling with Reverso 3 in 1999 up through Reverso 5. Reverso Translator 10 is now based on a different set of translation engines.
Softissimo had sold the Power Translator suite of tools prior to 2000 (when I worked there).

Rita, you mention that this has Power Translator Deluxe packaged into it. Can you please launch Power Translator and go to a menu in the application that provides info about the version. This is usually in an "About" menu. Please indicate which version of Power Translator it is.

I have listed all known software reviews of Power Translator in the relevant section at the Language Software Evaluation/Review site (http://www.geocities.com/langtecheval/). Based on the dates of publication of the software reviews, it is easy to trace when v6, v7, v8, and v9 were available publicly, and who owned/was distributing them. Globalink for v6, L&H for v7 and v8, LEC for v9. LEC is currently preparing v10 for release.

If this is a v9 package, then I suspect that Softissimo is reselling a newer Quick Translator package, yet it is not indicated on their web site.

Harry_B wrote:
AND if you would spell "Softissimo" correctly (in the forum as well as in your profile) this might help you to find information about it, and to be found. (Although, as Jeff pointet out, it is better known under the name of Reverso.)

Softissimo is the company name. They have sold a number of different products over the years. Reverso v3, v4 and v5 is a PROMT-engine-based product. The new Reverso Translator 10 package (distributed starting in June 2005) operates on different translation engines. indicated in the product brochure on the website.

To my knowledge, Power Translator was originally created by Globalink, which Softissimo distributed in the 1990s, up through v6. Due to various company Mergers & Acquisitions and technology sell-outs over the years, Power Translator was then owned by Lernout & Hauspie (v7 and v8) in the late 1990s to 2000, then a hole, and now LEC (v9 and onward).

Translation Office 3000 is an advanced accounting tool for freelance translators and small agencies. TO3000 easily and seamlessly integrates with the business life of professional freelance translators.